Rythu Sangham seeks justice for farmer

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Rythu Sangham seeks justice for farmer

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The AP Rythu Sangham, an affiliate of All India Kisan Sabha, has demanded justice to a farmer, who was allegedly evicted by a real estate dealer in Survey No. 365/9 of Chouduwada village of K. Kotapadu mandal in the district. B. Sanyasi Naidu, the aggrieved farmer, had been cultivating crops in 1.02 acres of land in the said village for the past 16 years and was paying taxes. B. Jagadish, a former Sarpanch and real estate dealer, got him evicted by threatening him and has now converted the land into plots and sold them, sangham district president G. Nayana Babu and general secretary K. Appa Rao said in a statement on Monday. They said that complaints were lodged at the K. Kotapadu Police Station, Endowments Department, the District Collector and the Chief Minister’s office in the past but no action has been initiated so far.

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The Hindu

Date

2020-07-07

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VISAKHAPATNAM,ANDHRA PRADESH